Pursuits
Berlin Philharmonic Quits Scandal-Hit Salzburg Easter Festival
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The Berlin Philharmonic is to leave the Salzburg Easter Festival and start anew in Baden-Baden, the orchestra said last night.
The e-mailed announcement came as a shock in Salzburg, where the orchestra has long played a role in the festival founded by its former chief conductor Herbert von Karajan in 1967. Salzburg has reorganized following a $5 million fraud and embezzlement scandal last year.